Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Hi, im hoping you can help me? My husband has a friend who's 17 yr old girlgriend is in jail with a 15 month sentence and has been there for 2 months. She just found out she is ten wks pregnant. Will he get his newborn baby when it is born? Will she be released? Most of all, what will happen to the baby? Where will he/she go?


Asked on 10/15/09, 12:36 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

Your friend needs to file a paternity suit (no hurry if the mother is only ten weeks pregnant, except that if he delays, she may relocate, and he may have difficulty finding her to serve her). Texas allows one to file a paternity suit prior to the birth of the child. He may know he's the father, but if they were never married, he has no legal rights to the child. He establishes those rights through a paternity suit.

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Answered on 10/20/09, 2:51 pm


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